Social media platform X, previously often known as Twitter, mentioned on Tuesday it’s going to check a brand new subscription mannequin beneath which it’s going to cost $1 (roughly Rs. 83) annual charge for primary options.
The new subscription termed as “Not A Bot” will cost customers for likes, reposts or quoting different accounts’ posts, and bookmarking posts on the internet model of the platform.
The function of introducing the brand new subscription mannequin is to fight bots and spammers, X mentioned, including that the charge will range from nation to nation based mostly on the change price.
X mentioned the brand new technique can be first accessible for customers in New Zealand and Philippines.
Within this check, current customers are usually not affected. But new customers who wouldn’t want to subscribe will solely be capable to view and skim posts, watch movies and observe accounts.
Bots have been a contentious subject for Elon Musk who acquired the corporate final yr. In July, X had launched a restrict on viewing tweets, “to ensure the authenticity” of its consumer base.
Earlier this month, Reuters had reported citing a supply that X CEO Linda Yaccarino met with X’s lenders, during which she had mentioned the corporate would check three tiers of its subscription service based mostly on the variety of adverts proven to the consumer.
Back in August, Musk mentioned that X would take away a protecting function that lets customers block different accounts. The block perform on X permits a consumer to limit particular accounts from contacting them, seeing their posts or following them. “Block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs,” Musk mentioned in a submit on the platform, referring to direct messages. He mentioned X would retain the mute perform, which screens a consumer from seeing specified accounts however, not like blocking, doesn’t alert the opposite account to the motion.
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